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Business Unit Manager - Modern Application Development

Area- Data & AnalyticsSpan of Control: - 3 managers and 12 employees (Change Managers, Academy Experts, People Experts)Main Responsibilities- Building the People & Growth area with five international teams, including hiring, developing and retaining of the talents- Leading the agile transformation, including ownership of Scrum Masters/Agile Coaches- Leading three teams, focusing on change management, communication, academy/training and people processes- Defining a change framework for introduction of new data products- Setting up the internal academy for Data & Analytics related topics- Shaping a trusting and safe environment to allow for constant learning- Monitoring and analyzing of the recruiting activities- Monitoring and improving of the employee experienceKey Achievements- Creating an extraordinary onboarding experience- Defining and kicking-off an agile leadership journey- Overachieving the ambitious hiring goals- Starting to lead managers

Area - International IT (Buying)Span of Control: - 15-20 employees (SAP Consultants, Requirements Engineers, Quality Assurance Experts, Operation Experts, DevOps Engineers, Project Managers, Scrum Masters and Product Owners)Main Responsibilities- Leading an agile transformation project with the goal to introduce a product-oriented setup and agile ways of working to the whole Buying business unit-- Project initiation and planning-- Building up the cross-functional team from 1 to 7 people-- Vendor selection and management-- Upper management reporting- Leading up to two cross-functional and multicultural teams-- Master data management system and SAP interface--- Leading up to 17 employees in an agile environment--- Steering up to 30 external software developers and testers-- SAP Pricing and Promotion--- Leading 6 SAP Consultants in a waterfall environment--- Steering the external software developers- IT Service Owner role, responsible for further development of the applications and ensuring stable live operations for three IT services (SAP S4/HANA, focusing on pricing and promotion | custom master data management system | custom SAP interface)Key Achievements- My successful journey from colleague to leader within the team- IT Service Owner for one of the most significant applications at ALDI SOUTH- Developing and promoting two employees to IT Managers and transitioning the leadership of my teams to them

Area- International IT (Buying)Main Responsibilities- Leading an outsourcing project with the goal to hand over the development responsibility of 15 applications in 3 different areas (Buying, Finance, Logistics) from a local vendor to an Indian vendor- Project management for a custom SAP interface project, including definition of agile setup, vendor selection and contract negotiation as well as taking over the Scrum Master roleKey Achievements- Being part of the first software outsourcing project at ALDI SOUTH- Successful completion of the outsourcing project, leading to my promotion to IT Manager- Setting up a new agile development project from scratch

Area- International IT (Buying)Main Responsibilities- Release management for a custom master data management system, used in all ALDI SOUTH countries- Revisiting of internal processes and creation of a communication concept- Stakeholder management – building the bridge between the internal team and external development team as well as to teams of connected applicationsKey Achievements- Starting in a key role for one of the most significant applications at ALDI SOUTH- Successful introduction of agile ways of working and substantial improvement of the overall software delivery- Promotion to Project Manager

Dortmund Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Industries- Retail | Automotive | Administration | Insurance | ManufacturingMain Responsibilities- Project and requirements management for software development projects- Quality assurance, test- and incident management for master data management systems- Conception of web-based business applications- Business process management with IBM WebSphere Business ModelerKey Achievements- Taking over of the Test Lead role for a big retail company- Owning a consulting project regarding business process management in the automotive industry

Dortmund Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Industries- Retail | Automotive | Administration | Insurance | ManufacturingMain Responsibilities- Business process management with IBM WebSphere Business Modeler- Project management support (Content Management System)- Creating documentation and training materials for web-based business applicationsKey Achievements- Creating a maturity model for web-based business applications- Gaining a wide range of knowledge about business process management

Master Of Science - Ms, Wirtschaftsinformatik

Bachelor Of Science - Bs